Election Information 

Council Elections

Department of Local Government & Planning has advised the following:

“The Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012, notified in the Queensland Government Gazette on 10 February 2012, fixes 28 April 2012 as the day for the 2012 quadrennial local government elections.”

 For any information relating to the election please refer to the Electoral Commission of Queensland either by phoning the ECQ's Voters' Helpline on 1300 881 665 between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm Monday to Friday; or visiting the ECQ website at www.ecq.qld.gov.au/LG2012/Local_Government.html.

Enquiries regarding information for candidates can be referred to: www.ecq.qld.gov.au/LG2012/Local_Government.html#Information_for_candidates_and_political_parties.

The time lines are as follows:

  • Close of Rolls 25 February 2012 (voters must have been enrolled by 25 February 2012).
  • Nominations for candidates open Saturday, 10 March 2012 and close at 12 noon on 27 March 2012
  • Pre-poll voting opens Monday, 16 April 2012 and closes at 6.00 pm on Friday, 27 April 2012.
  • Applications for postal voting may be made immediately, but the Commission cannot forward ballot material until after the nominations close on 27 March 2012.
  • Application forms for postal votes may be obtained from:
    • the post office;
    • medicare office;
    • Centrelink; Or
    • downloaded from the ECQ website.

 

How do I enrol?

You can register to vote, check your enrolment details and enrolment district or update your details at any time by visiting the Electoral Commission of Queensland website.

Electoral Commission of Queensland Website

Voting is your chance to make your mark, to choose your Member of Parliament and local government representative, and have your say in how we are governed.

In Queensland, voting is compulsory for Federal, State and Local Government Elections. Before you can vote, your name must be on the electoral roll. If you are eligible to enrol to vote, you must enrol, or you could be fined.

You are eligible to enrol to vote if:

  1. you have turned 17 (although you will not be able to vote until you are18 years of age);
  2. you are an Australian citizen;
  3. you have lived at your address for at least one month.

British subjects, who are not Australian citizens, are eligible to enrol for Federal, Queensland State and local government elections if they were on a Commonwealth of Australia electoral roll on 25 January 1984. Any other person who was eligible for the Queensland State electoral roll on 31 December 1991 is only eligible to enrol for Queensland State and local government elections.
 

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